| Final | | time | | gap | L | | 1. Katalin Szőke |  Hungary | 1:05.8 | | | 5 | | 2. Judit Temes | Hungary | 1:06.7 | | 0.9s | 4 | | 3. Geertje Wielema |  Netherlands | 1:07.3 | | 1.5s | 3 | | 4. Gisela von Netz |  West Germany | 1:08.4 | | 2.6s | 6 | | 5. Ragnhild Hveger |  Denmark | 1:08.7 | | 2.9s | 2 | | 6. Josette Arène |  France | 1:09.6 | | 3.8s | 7 | | 7. Angela Barnwell |  Great Britain | 1:10.0 | | 4.2s | 8 | | 8. Ingrid Künzel | West Germany | 1:11.0 | | 5.2s | 1 |
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| Heat 4 | | time | L | | | 1. Mette Ove Petersen | Denmark | 1:10.5 | 3 | 10. | | 2. Eva Maria Schulze |  East Germany | 1:10.8 | 2 | 11. | | 3. Loes Zandvliet | Netherlands | 1:11.8 | 5 | 16. | | 4. Ilse Studynka |  Austria | 1:12.5 | 4 | 19. | | 5. H. Dziki |  Poland | 1:14.4 | 6 | 22. | | -. Visnja Varga |  Yugoslavia | DNS | 7 | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | L | | | 1. Geertje Wielema | Netherlands | 1:08.3 | 7 | 5. | | 2. Angela Barnwell | Great Britain | 1:10.1 | 2 | 7. | | 3. Růžena Maagová |  Czechoslovakia | 1:10.9 | 6 | 12. | | 4. Marjatta Railio |  Finland | 1:11.2 | 4 | 15. | | 5. Nora Novotny | Austria | 1:13.9 | 1 | 21. | | -. Monica Peters |  Sweden | DNS | 3 | | | -. Eša Ligorio | Yugoslavia | DNS | 5 | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | L | | | 1. Katalin Szőke | Hungary | 1:07.5 | 1 | 2. | | 2. Ragnhild Hveger | Denmark | 1:07.7 | 5 | 3. | | 3. Josette Arène | France | 1:09.7 | 4 | 6. | | 4. Ingrid Künzel | West Germany | 1:10.1 | 7 | 7. | | 5. Ginette Jany-Sendral | France | 1:10.4 | 3 | 9. | | 6. Maria Livia Nardi |  Italy | 1:12.5 | 6 | 19. | | 7. Jadwiga Szymańska | Poland | 1:15.1 | 2 | 23. |
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| Heat 1 | | time | L | | | 1. Judit Temes | Hungary | 1:07.4 | 4 | 1. | | 2. Gisela von Netz | West Germany | 1:07.8 | 1 | 4. | | 3. Jean Botham | Great Britain | 1:11.0 | 2 | 13. | | 4. Marianne Lundquist | Sweden | 1:11.2 | 6 | 14. | | 5. Eva Postelt | East Germany | 1:11.8 | 7 | 16. | | 6. Lenie van Rooij | Netherlands | 1:12.2 | 5 | 18. | | -. Marcella Visciani | Italy | DNS | 3 | |
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